But Washington (the state, not the slum) has taken the lead in stomping on the First Amendment in its zeal to prohibit online gambling.

According to this editorial, a man in Bellingham, WA launched a website about gambling. Mind you, there was no gambling on the website, but state officials still said that the site was illegal.

It’s what the feds would call ‘aiding and abetting,’ ” says the director of the state’s gambling commission, Rick Day. “Telling people how to gamble online, where to do it, giving a link to it — that’s all obviously enabling something that is illegal.” (source)

Looks like Deborah Taylor Tate is going to have to share her ass-hat of the week award with Rick Day.

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One Response to In Anti-Gambling Craze, First Amendment is Collateral Damage

This is really great….I have a web site “about Bellingham” with a local casino page….suppose they will want to shut me down because I give “things to do” to those searching for a local casino? I don’t have any links pointing to them and I don’t give any advice…just the fact that there is a casino here and a casino there and transportation information if they need it….? Others, including the Bellingham Herald give that much info…I should be allright? And it’s not online gambling…..I figure with that the state just want “their cut.”